Laguna S 2.1 vs Sakana Namazu: Specs & Benchmark Comparison
Laguna S 2.1 is developed by Poolside, while Sakana Namazu comes from Sakana AI. Laguna S 2.1 was released in July 2026, and Sakana Namazu followed a month later in August 2026. Laguna S 2.1 has a published size of about 118 billion parameters; Sakana AI has not disclosed the parameter count of Sakana Namazu.
We have 6 benchmark results for Laguna S 2.1 and 3 benchmark results for Sakana Namazu, but they were measured on different benchmarks, so there is no like-for-like scoreboard.
Laguna S 2.1 is the cheaper API at $0.10 per million input tokens and $0.20 per million output tokens, roughly 10 times cheaper than Sakana Namazu at $0.95 and $4. Laguna S 2.1 takes the larger context window at 1M tokens, compared with 256K for Sakana Namazu. Laguna S 2.1 accepts text as input, while Sakana Namazu accepts text and images.
| Characteristic | Laguna S 2.1 | Sakana Namazu |
|---|---|---|
| Company | Poolside | Sakana AI |
| Release Date | July 21, 2026 | August 3, 2026 |
| Parameters | 118B | — |
| Multimodal | No | Yes |
| Context (input) | 1.0M | 256K |
| Context (output) | — | 256K |
| Input Price / 1M | $0.10 | $0.95 |
| Output Price / 1M | $0.20 | $4.00 |
| Average Score | 57.4% | 92.4% |
Verdict
Laguna S 2.1 leads in 2 out of 4 comparison categories.
Both models show comparable average scores: Laguna S 2.1 — 0.6, Sakana Namazu — 0.9.
Laguna S 2.1 is 16.5x cheaper: input $0.10/1M vs $0.95/1M tokens.
Laguna S 2.1 supports a larger context: 1M vs 256K tokens.
Both models were released around the same time: 7/21/2026 and 8/3/2026.
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